[MichaelRo]

Nothing new under the sun. When clocks and precision mechanics started in the 17th century, there was a tendency to view humans as "machines". Computers came, suddenly human brains are "computers". Now we're LLMs.

If scientists make green jelly that emits thoughtful judgements, humans will be compared to green jelly.

[Legend2440]

None of these analogies are entirely wrong, they're just incomplete.

Humans are similar to machines for example in that our bodies convert energy to do work through a series of pumps and pipes and sensors and actuators. Life is not animated by some magic force but instead operates under the same physical laws that machines use to function.

[nothinkjustai]

Everything is the same if you zoom out far enough.